location of the shooter is as of yet unknown - fire is unabated and basically the bridge on one side is up for the winter on one side so there is only one access point - tactically a nightmare as there is no cover

Now the NY Firemen know how we felt during the Fireman's Strike in Memphis, Tennessee, in July 1978. We were paraded around in uniform with M-16s that didn't even have bullets. Every time a fire broke out there were shooters and we were supposed to protect them.

just looked at it on google maps......sad thing. Sounds like somebody wants their home to burn either because they dont want something inside it found or somebody just has a thing against first responders. My guess is the shooter
IS NOT a member of the NRA and IS NOT a CCW holder

You can see the location on google maps .... securing the scene is going to be really, really difficult. The neighbors are in a pickle if they have to evacuate due to the fire spreading with an active shooter somewhere in the area.

location of the shooter is as of yet unknown ... the bridge on one side is up for the winterI believe the bridge goes up for spring, not winter.No mention by Ch 13 whether the bullets(s) fired could have been caused by the fire and not a shooter.

somebody wants their home to burn either because they dont want something inside it found or somebody just has a thing against first responders.

Sounds like it. I'll bet a body will be found in that house somewhere. Probably from a domestic dispute. Today, when people want to kill or commit suicide, they take as many innocent people with them as they can. They know the media will show their name and image on TV for days, and they'll be put on the medias Celebrity Killer Hall of Fame list for all eternity. They'll be famous!

somebody wants their home to burn either because they dont want something inside it found or somebody just has a thing against first responders.

Sounds like it. I'll bet a body will be found in that house somewhere. Probably from a domestic dispute. Today, when people want to kill or commit suicide, they take as many innocent people with them as they can. They know the media will show their name and image on TV for days, and they'll be put on the medias Celebrity Killer Hall of Fame list for all eternity. They'll be famous!

I agree with SumProVita that it is sin. For all our 'progress' and amazing technology, the fundamental problems with people still exist. We are broken, fallen people. all of us and there is no hope of repair with in ourselfs. C.S. Lewis summed up Christmas like this "The son of God became a man so that men could become the sons of God."

This is a special, significant Christmas. What I think you are seeing is Satan throwing a fit because his time is short. Jesus is comming back and sooner than many of us think. If you haven't done it yet, give Him your heart. Let Him fix it like no one else can.

My your Christmas be exeedingly merry and overflowing with the love of Christ.

"Psychiatrists have come forward to assert that certain psychiatric medications, such as those known as SSRIs, are almost certainly the chemical cause of a large number of instances of random violence and suicide in which SSRIs have been present.

(includes list of recent mass murderers and the mood altering medications they were on)

I try to believe with all my heart that that is so, but then the person has to want to change.

Now days many would rather rule in Hell than serve in Heaven or as one of my favorite quotes put it:

Alfred Pennyworth: Well, because he thought it was good sport. Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn. From: 'The Dark Knight' (2008)

To paraphrase another of my favorite quotes we tell our children when they wake-up in the night that there are no such things as monsters, but there are.

Non-stop media coverage of The shootings in Newtown have apparentally set off a host of copy-cat killers.Crazies.

Yup. I am quite proud that our local school refused to close on Friday amid a flood of threats made all across the state. They said that they didn't believe the threats were credible and would not be rewarding bad behavior. They pointed out that there are some 30 separate school buildings in this county and not one has EVER had a shooting.

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posted on 12/24/2012 6:16:26 AM PST
by cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)

The Mystery if Iniquity has been around since the Fall in the Garden. See St. Paul - epistle to the Thessalonians, Chapter 2, Verse 7.

Also - for an in depth instruction on the nature of evil see The De Malo of Thomas Aquinas that has been for a long time on my must read list that I hope to get to in 2013.

Have a great Christmas everyone! My youngest daughter (14) is coming out of the hospital today after a severe bleed last Tuesday - she has a bone marrow disease that causes low platelets and is usually stable so this is a setback - we could use prayers from all. Thanks!!

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